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Cancel swap meets on UH football days

OK, so they are going to raise the season ticket prices to University of Hawaii football games and tack on a $25 charge for premium seats. As a season ticket holder for over 20 years, I can accept that.

What is intolerable, however, is how the Aloha Stadium parking lot is run.

Can't it dispense with the swap meet for eight Saturdays out of the year? Then the gates can be opened earlier, so there won't be a repeat of the USC-UH fiasco that cost the university thousands of fans for the rest of the season.

Unless something is done, this year's opener against Texas has the potential of repeating that disaster.

Dick Kindelon
Kailua

Aloha Stadium is not asking for handout

I would like to respond to letters about the Stadium Authority's request to the Legislature for $1 million in operating capital. The monies requested were previously earned through the operation of Aloha Stadium, not taxes.

Stadium revenues are maintained in the state's "special fund" for the use and benefit of Aloha Stadium. By law, the Stadium Authority is required to ask the Legislature for permission to raise the limits on monies that can be used for operating the stadium.

We take great pride in the fact that Aloha Stadium has been and continues to be self-sufficient. We have not asked for "tax dollars" to continue operations.

As predicted, the swap meet is anticipated to have net revenues in excess of $1 million over and above what was earned when Ed Medeiros was our lessee.

Michael Jay Green
Chairman
Aloha Stadium Authority

Hiking the minimum wage hurts businesses

Legislators are about to raise the minimum wage to take care of people on welfare who have not been able to find jobs. While this is good for the welfare folks who do end up going to work, it is a burden on businesses.

Yes, we need jobs for our people. But if we keep "piling on" our businesses, we won't have any.

Let's try some middle ground, such as a training wage or a percentage-based "tip credit" for tipped employees.

Eddie Flores Jr.
President
L&L Drive-Inn

Story was wrong about Episocopal doctrines

A Feb. 5 Scripps Howard News Service article about the Episcopal Church and the consecrations of two bishops by Archbisop Tay of Singapore contained a major error. It said that a church court had determined that Episcopalians have no "core doctrines" on marriage and sex.

Presumably, this refers to the case of Bishop Walter Righter, who ordained a gay man living in a committed relationship.

Charges were brought against Righter. The appropriate church organ determined, after hearings, that Righter had violated no core doctrines or disciplines of the Episcopal Church. This is quite different from saying we have no core doctrines on the subjects of marriage and sex.

John C. Belt

Quotables "Everybody talks campaign reform. Instead of waiting for someone else, I'll show it can be done." Peter Carlisle HONOLULU CITY PROSECUTOR On his decision to pursue a "clean campaign" and not to accept donations of more than $100 from any individual in his run for re-election "His first words were, 'Dad, I'm an Olympian.'" Ben Viloria PROUD FATHER OF WAIPAHU BOXER BRIAN VILORIA Getting the news via cellular phone from his son that the fighter had outpointed his opponent in the 106-pound class to secure a spot on the U.S. Olympic boxing team

Pay-at-the-pump has fair premise

Why should it be someone else's burden if you make a long daily commute or go joyriding? You should not depend on others for financial support if you fall under this circumstance and lifestyle.

The opponents of pay-at-the-pump want status quo, because no change in the law means that those who drive long distances, do unnecessary cruising or drive without automobile insurance will continue to be subsidized by those who don't.

State legislators should change the law and stop the freeloading.

Clayton Wong

Rules for Hanauma Bay should be stiffened

Hanauma Bay is our "Broadway show" and "Metropolitan Museum." Therefore, a certain number of permits should be issued for a fee in advance of scheduled visits.

The visitor would present a signed copy of the regulations used as the admission document. Security forces would be posted on site to warn visitors of incipient infractions and to arrest those who do not comply; egregious violations should be subject to stiff criminal penalties.

I suggest daily Hanauma Bay entry fees of:

$50 for nonresidents.

$5 for residents.

No fee for native Hawaiians, who could be accompanied by two persons, residents or nonresidents, free of charge.

David Arthur Walters

Democrats should be ousted for arrogance

Pearl City residents have been told by the state Department of Health and Governor Cayetano that the teen sex offender treatment center at Waimano Home is a done deal.

It was in 1998, maybe earlier, that the decision was made to use Waimano Home as the treatment center, because buildings were vacant and it would be cost effective. Yet only last November the Pearl City Neighborhood Board was notified of this "done deal." Now, as of June, Building 5 is supposed to house these sex offenders.

At no time has there been any consideration for the people of Pearl City. How cocky and arrogant can government officials get? They actually hid their plans, then asked for our kokua.

Well, I have a solution that I hope others will follow. If you're a Democrat like me, vote for the sorriest Democratic candidate in the primary election. Then in the general, vote for anybody else on the ballot. It's time for a change.

Renee M. Coester
Pearl City

Capital punishment would clean up streets

The Dana Ireland case is typical of justice in America. Criminals with records continue committing crimes, which would never have happened had they been put to death after the second violation.

Our society plays ball with the scum but is too uneducated to count three strikes.

When the Frank Pauline Jrs. and the many Schweitzers of the country are executed promptly, the problem of such attacks will be resolved more than presently.

Stanley A. Wilson

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